Peace & Justice
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Take Action: John Bolton and the International Criminal Court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · September 2018
Rebutting five objections as inaccurate, the call to action notes that the US security adviser has more authority than in his UN days, and asks Canadians to urge Chrystia Freeland to affirm support for the court.
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Remembering Kofi Annan
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2018
Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, is remembered for his UN reforms and advocacy for global governance. His legacy includes peacekeeping, Responsibility to Protect, and nuclear disarmament efforts.
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The UN debates R2P – to what end?
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Atrocity prevention returned to formal General Assembly debate after nine years. Despite wider acceptance of the principle, the Secretary-General admitted the world still fails to prevent atrocities, and the doctrine is languishing.
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TakeAction for July 2018: Building international justice
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canadian world federalists ask supporters to email Foreign Minister Freeland and join a 19 July webinar so that Canada, an early champion of the Court, comes under its new jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
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The Rome Statute at 20
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
A year of events marking twenty years since the Rome Statute opened in The Hague with a call for diagnosis, not self-congratulation. The Coalition for the International Criminal Court urged governments and civil society to strengthen support for the Court.
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The Rae Rohingya Report: R2P Missing in Inaction
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
A report on the Rohingya crisis for the Canadian government is sound on welcome and justice but silent on the Responsibility to Protect. The world watched ethnic cleansing, and a safe haven on the Myanmar-Bangladesh border deserves serious discussion.
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Human rights violations in Libya and the International Criminal Court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Libya’s migrant crisis highlights systemic human rights abuses. The ICC’s jurisdiction over crimes against humanity underscores global governance failures.
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COPLA Update Regional governments agree to study proposed criminal court
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Regional justice and security ministers have agreed to study a criminal court against organized crime, in a region with about a third of the world’s murders but 9% of its people. Over 3,000 signatories and 40 institutions already back the proposal.
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Canada should support “No First Use” of nuclear weapons
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Holding the option to launch a nuclear attack before being attacked fuels an arms race no one can win. Canada should press NATO to keep its arsenal for deterring nuclear attack only and to remove US bombs from host states, opening the way to join the ban treaty.
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Canada and the situation in Mali
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Canada’s role in Mali’s conflict highlights global governance challenges. The article explores peacekeeping, regional security, and international interests in a complex crisis.
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TakeAction for June 2018: Canada’s priorities to advance the Responsibility to Protect
World Federalist Movement – Canada · June 2018
Canada’s June 2018 UN debate on R2P highlights global governance priorities. The article critiques Canada’s limited R2P implementation in Myanmar.
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TakeAction: Building the Responsibility to Protect
World Federalist Movement – Canada · May 2018
The Rohingya crisis highlights the need for R2P implementation. Canada advocates for stronger international action on Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing.
